Product Details

• Actors: Sean Astin, Matthew Lillard, Brian Dennehy, Shannon Elizabeth, Maitland Ward
• Directors: Robert Kubilos
• Writers: Ashley Scott Meyers, Nathan Ives
• Producers: Beau Rogers, Betsy Chasse, David Forrest, Ellen Fontana, Laura Burkett
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
• VHS Release Date: August 29, 2000
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1573629383
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #421,389 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Morgan and Jason are two of the most INELIGIBLE bachelors in town. Budding philosophers, they pride themselves on their resistance to the female art of persuasion. Determined to maintain their single status, they travel the California coast surfing, philosophizing and washing dishes to earn their keep.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dish Dogs...Could've Been Worse, June 11, 2000

By 

Jeremy Franklin (Mechanicsville VA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dish Dogs (DVD)

The basic plot deals with two young men Morgan (played by Sean Astin) and Jason (played by Matthew Lillard). They have been friends for years, and now choose to travel America washing dishes from town to town, free of any obligations, so they can study philosophy and try to reach their "ephinany". Morgan, the more serious one, is really into this. Jason, is in it for the fun, and the girls along the way. The one rule they have is nothing perminate, especially relationships. Their mentor is played by Brian Dennehy, and Richard Moll, Shannon Elizabeth, and Maitland Ward are also in the cast. Others would call it a coming of age, unromantic comedy, which deals with how people approaching their late 20's deal with love, and melting the "mind and body / heart and head together. But I would call it a total chick flick but with guys. It follows the two guys adventures, who in the beginning have to come off the road to attend one of their best friends weddings, and to make matters worse, Morgan must be the best man. This unleashes in them the reexamination of what they are doing, and how they live their lives, and what they each want out of it. In the end, each finds their own "new equalilbrim", both different, yet both equally valid. They have learned to accept life on it's own terms, and not what they read in a book by some author who's been dead for hundreds of years. They are now living up to their potential, but on their own terms. Overall, this movie could've done better. The whole plot with washing dishes made absolutely no sense to me. But, whatever. The only thing that shines in this movie is Matthew Lillard's over the top performance as Jason, the fun, woman swindling, guy that acts as most of the film's comic relief. Don't buy this movie. Just rent it on video or dvd.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great film!, July 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Dish Dogs (DVD)

this film rocks. dont let anyone tell you otherwise.
the plot is completely original (a rare thing these days) and is funny, cute and very entertaining. Sean Astin, as usual, is brilliant, funny and manages to get the audience to side with him despite his character being a bit... odd. Even Matthew Lillard, who i normally find intensely irritating, is very watchable. The chemistry between the two of them is brilliant (hell, they're more entertaining than Astin getting it together with Shannon Elizabeth...)
A very entertaining film, definitely worth a watch!

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good vehicle for a bright new comic actress., September 10, 2000

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D. Mok (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dish Dogs [VHS] (VHS Tape)

American Pie's Shannon Elizabeth finally gets the substantial role she deserves -- and though Dish Dogs does take advantage of her marvellous physical beauty and figure, it also gives Elizabeth the opportunity to show the comic timing and screen presence previously only hinted at. Elizabeth gives the film its best moments, easily: When Antoinette throws Morgan (Sean Astin) out of her house after they'd just slept together, and the final parking-lot confrontation. Her rapid-fire delivery and slapstick instincts (and good writing in the scene) make this the gem of the movie.

Astin's character isn't that much different from what he's been playing for the past half decade or so, and the male characters' endless philosophical banter gets tiring. But the sight gags and jokes (the dishwasher gag, the aforementioned "heads or tails" scene, the cut from the strip bar to the wedding) work very well, and Dish Dogs also benefits from the same attribute that made American Pie good, an old-fashioned sweetness. Underneath the stripbar setting and the strange yet intriguing shadowy cinematography lies a basic boy-meets-girl movie whose only real fault is occasional corniness, and thanks to some unusually smart and self-assertive love interests for our heroes (Antoinette carries a gun and isn't afraid to use it), Dish Dogs is an enjoyable movie.